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Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
3. Yeah, I remember.
Thu Sep 8, 2016, 04:35 PM
Sep 2016

I think the woman was referring to earlier comments by Colin Cowherd, not Finebaum. Cowherd seems to enjoy "trolling" fans of some teams, especially if they react strongly to it.

I'm a college football fan too, but I'm surprised by people who take it too seriously.

Ohio State seems to have numerous haters among Penn State fans in particular. Their band was pelted by balloons filled with urine (supposedly) during a game at Beaver Stadium a few years ago, and the band stopped attending games there for awhile afterwards.

Then there's this kind of abuse caught on video:



I like perpetuating the long rivalry with Michigan, but I tend to have more respect for their fans in general.

Some people act crazy about their "groups."

I listened to Finebaum's radio show last year when an Ohio State fan (from Brooklyn, NY of all places) was "talking smack" about the SEC. The caller sounded like a black man, but I can't know for sure. Some Alabama fan later called to complain about the caller from Brooklyn, saying it was time for another Civil War with the North! Finebaum is often an instigator, but at least he told that particular caller to calm down and not blow things out of proportion.

Side note: I drove to New Orleans (sleeping in my car at a state park because hotels were so expensive) to see Ohio State play Alabama in the 2015 Sugar Bowl, and I liked all of the Alabama fans that I met in the French Quarter and in the stadium. They seemed a bit overconfident and they were in shocked silence after the game ended, but they seemed classy and respectful overall. I was almost surprised after hearing some of the callers on Finebaum's radio show.
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